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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/12/61 April 12, 1961 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, ~¥ashington, .was hel~ at 10:00 o'clock A.M., Spril 12, 1~61 in the Council Chambers, City Hall, with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Clark, Commissioner Schonemam, ~;ity Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Hollan~J, City En¥.ineer Fortman, Water Supt. Humble, Chief of Police Norken and Civil Service Secretary Southerland. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr'. Clark an~ Mr. Schoneman to approve the minutes of regular m~eting held April 5, 1961 as written, carried. Clerk presented notices of employment for the followin~ extra laborers in the Water l)istr~bution [~ept. at ~1.90 per hour effective April 10, 1961: Albert R. Mc- Canless, Richard D. Bennett, Patrick A. Devitt and Edward I. Wilson. Motion by ~,(z~. Schoneman and Mr. Domsta~ to approve the employments, carried. Cler~ read letter ._dated April 11, 1961 to Mayor Dostad from Mrs. Charles Thorne, Secretary, Citi ens for Decent Literature Co~m~ittee, suggesting tha~ the City adopt an ordinance foll6win6 the lines Gl' the new state law, SB 148, which makes it a crime to knowingly publish, distribute, etc., obscene material. ~r. Clark asked if the County Prosecuting Attorney could prosecute violations of the State Law within the City without having an ordinance and Mr. Holland stated that he co~id but the ordinance would give the City some revenue on City cases. [.~lot]on by I,~r. Domstad and ~,.ir. Clark to turn the letter over to ~r. Holland for further action, carried. Clerk presented application for pinball location license submitted by Katie Car- roll, Carrpll's Cafe, 113~ Wheaton Way, under master license of Bremerton Amusement Inc., approved by Chief Morken. Motion by ~Ir. Domstsd and Mr. Schoneman to approve the application, carried. Clerk presented general claim voucher from North Kitsap Gravel & Asphalt, Pro- ject X-24, 5th St. Reconstruction Fund, for Estimate No. 1, ~1,274.32; approved by W.L. Fortman and a~dited by W.R. Vaa. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and ~r. Clark to approve the claim voucher, carried. Clerk presented quit claim deeds from the following: Murray M. and Ida E. ?~ells, S.W. and Ragna T. ~rley, Gordon H. and Maxine Hudson, Ruth E. Simmons, Vern E. and Norine Reynolds, C~arles L. and Blanche E. Cornell, Ernest Ward and Gladys Lilian Cur- tis, Cha~'les C. and Beverley Haselwood, Alma ~,~. Seth, formerly Alma M. Drake, a widow. Commissioner Schoneman stated these deeds covered five feet on the north side of 15th Street between Snyder and Bloomington and that he hoped to co~tinue ~fl~is program of street widenin~ east of Bloomington and that he, also hopeQ the Citywill get the same cooperatior~ these people gave. ~.otion by Mr. Sc~oneman and i;Ir. Clark that these people be comended for this ~edication and accept the deeds, carried. Clerk stated A.H. Parker had written a letter to City Planning Commission dated ~arch 31, 1961 whici~ letter he had at hand, serving notice that he wished to appeal the o. ecision of the City Planning Co,remission denyi~,~g his Fequest to rezone part of Lot 1 an~:i Lots 2, 3 and 4, Block 10, Decat~r, from Commercial to R-E; and requested reconsideration be given st the earliest possible opport'.~ity. Also, Clerk stated he had received from Farrell E. Cook, Secty, Planning Co~aission a "Transcript an Ap- ?e al." ~otion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to set the hearing for next Wednesday, April 17, 1961 at 10:00 o'clock A.M., carried. Mr. Holland stated the ordinance requires that an appeal must be filed within ten dsy$ after the Planning Com~ission decision ~ut the attorney for ~.~r. Parker had bee~ out of town and the appeal was filed a few days late; however, Mr. Hollan~ ad- vised the Council that they have th-., right under the ordinance to waive this require- ment and reco~m~ended the Council take this action. April 12, 1~61 (CCh't) ~[otfon by.~r. Domstad and ?,~r. Cl~rk to waive the ten days f~or notice of appeal, ~arri ed. City Clerk stated the ¥~ater Department would like authorization to have h~ ds called for ~ timber sale of l~reme, rton Watershed timber as follows: Fir, 26~ B.F. Hemlock, 9~ B.F. White Pine and 2M B.F. Cedar; also, 6~[ B.F. Douglas Fir broomsticks at Cased Dam. Minim~sn prices were set forth in the request. ~otion by [~[r. Clark and ~[r. Domstad to authorize the Call for Bids as requested, carried. Clerk stated he had received a letter from the Navy confirming s telephone call giving th~- number of persons resining in the Navy Yard as of April 1, 1961. Clerk read letter dated April 10, 1961 to himself from Hq., lith N.D. giving the num0er of persons as of A,oril 1, 1961, including those aboard vessel-~moored 'i~n .the Navy Yard, Clerk presented annexation certificate t. be sent to the :~ash. State Census Board, coverin~ the Navy Yard area ~nd asked that the Cot~ncil authorize this form to be signed by' the I,:ayor and Clerk and forwarded to the cersas Board. I~otion by ?,IF. Clef'i- and I~Ir. Domstad she6 the certificate be signed and forwarded to the Census Noard, carried. Clerk read an ordinance, first readin6, "An Ordinance providini for an appropria- tion of R~nds fop which an insufficiens appropriatia~n was made in the 1961 bud~jet, and decimating an emergency." ~.~otion by F~r. Clark and f~r. Domsta~d to approve th,: ordinance on first reading, carried. Clerk read an ordinances, first reading, "An Ordinance relatffn~:, to Fire Zones in the City of Bremerton, amending the first unnumbered paragraph of Section 18 of Ord- inance No. 1972 and declaring an emergency." ldotion by ~'Ir. Sci~oneman ami ~{r. Domstad to approve the o~'dinance on first read- ing, carried. Clerk atat~,d ~e ht, d received p,,titions for calling for an annexation election for I~larine Drive and ?etitions fop similar election on Rocky Point. In the ~[arine Drive area there were listed $8~ qualified electors and she Rocky Point petition did not state the number of electors but ~ space was provided for this information and ~r. Scott was to obtain the number and see that it was inserted in the space. Clerk rea~d Resolution No. 11~°7, approving the petition for an election for annex- ation on ~'Iarine Drive and di~ect'ng copies of the resolution to be sent t~; the peti- tioner's, t?~e County Auditor and th~ Board of County Commissioners. ?~'loti~,n by .~,:P. Dumstad and Mr. Schoneman to pass Resoluti~n No. 1127 carried. Cl~rk read Resolution No. 112~ approving the petition ceiling for an election to vote upon the question of ~nexation of Rocky Point and Phinney Bay Drive, an~ direct- lng copies of the resol,~tion be given to the ?etitionors, the Connty Auditor and the Boa~x~ of Cotinty Corsmissioners. Notion by ?,'lt. Clt.~rk and ~r,r. Schoneman to approve Resolution No. 11~$, carried. ~,'Ir. Clark co~muented it was nice t: see the annexation petitions comint,~ in and that the,z represent a lot of work over a long period of time; that ho believe~ it was a 6cod thin~.~ fop the City an~ hope that the election finally is s~ccessful. .¥.r. Clark stated that in conP, ecti~.~n witd the Navy Yard annexation figures, that wi~ile it is hard to be definite on the revenue ezpected from sharing in State ta,,~es, that fig~ring ~15.77 per person, the City could expect to receive i)87,447.~4. Commissioner Schoneman gave a letter' to City Cl,,,~rk to read. Letter was read by the city clerk from George W. Martin to Fred Schoneman, dated April 7, 1¥~61, which stated his claim t'or water damage to his home, 1804 Chester, is being rejected by the City's ffnsurance carrier, an~ that it was through ~o fault of his that damage in excess of ~)1,000.00 was caused. Mr. [~lartin stated 'shat he must rebuild his drainage system and s~ggested that the City cooperate with him in this project by picking up the sewer at the corner of his house and take it to the sewer line which runs down the beach. Discussion followed and the letter was turned over to the City Attort~e:/ for study of the request. City Cle~'i{ stated the estimate of Bremerton~s population as of April 1st is al- most completed and s~ggested thi~t when it is ready the Commissioners should look it over and hold a special council meetinS t2, approve it. }iayor Domstad st:ated a meeting would be catled wden the estimate is ready. },locion by NP. h~mstad and ?,ir. Schoneman to pay all bills shat ape approved by a majority of the Costmissioners, carried. Mayor Domstad stated this was time and place for' hearing on application for taxi cab driver's permit by Atlstin Glen Cain which the Chief of Police has refused to ap- prove. The grounds for the refusal was a police record. It was ~roul::ht out by Com- missioner Clark that three of these were for a.rresbs made when ?,Ir. Cain was under eighteen years or ale and were some PI2 years a£o. April 12, 1961 (Con't) Mr. Cain was present and answered several questions concerning his emplo~ent and past residence. He claimed that he had no other trouble since he was underage.other than the arrest for drunk driving and drunkenness which was several yesrs ago. Mayor Domstad stated, after Mr. Cain and the Commissioners had discussed his background, that the Commissioners would study the matter and askedMr. Cain to contact the Commissioners in a few days to ascertain th~ decision. Meeting adjourned. . ~ APPRO~D: ' Clt{ C16rk - May6r '